John

Book Information

Author

John

Year

Around 90-100 AD

Category

The Gospels

Summary

The Book of John presents a unique portrayal of Jesus, emphasizing His divine nature as the Son of God. Through seven miraculous signs and profound "I Am" statements, it illustrates Jesus' identity and mission. The narrative highlights themes of light versus darkness, belief, and eternal life, inviting readers to deepen their faith and relationship with Christ. John's Gospel encourages understanding of God's love and grace, as seen in Jesus' interactions with individuals, emphasizing personal transformation and spiritual rebirth.

Chapters

John 3 - Nicodemus Visits Jesus and the Promise of Eternal Life Through Belief in Him

1. There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2. The same came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him. 3. Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 5 - Jesus Heals on the Sabbath and Declares His Authority

1. After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3. In these lay a great multitude of weak folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

John 10 - The Good Shepherd and His Sheep.

1. Truly, truly, I say to you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2. But he that enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3. To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

John 11 - The Raising of Lazarus and the Plot Against Jesus.

1. Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3. Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.

John 12 - The Triumphal Entry, Mary's Anointing of Jesus, and Jesus' Teachings on Belief and Unbelief.

1. Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

John 13 - Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet and Predicts His Betrayal and Peter's Denial.

1. Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2. And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him; 3. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

John 14 - Jesus Comforts His Disciples and Promises the Holy Spirit

1. Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me. 2. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

John 17 - Jesus' Prayer for Himself, His Disciples, and All Believers

1. These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you: 2. As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him. 3. And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 18 - The Arrest, Trial, and Denial of Jesus.

1. When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. 2. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus often resorted thither with his disciples. 3. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, comes thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.

John 20 - The Resurrection of Jesus and His Appearances to the Disciples.

1. The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher. 2. Then she runs, and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him. 3. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher.

John 21 - Jesus Appears to His Disciples, Miraculous Catch of Fish, and Peter's Restoration and Commissioning

1. After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise showed he himself. 2. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. 3. Simon Peter says to them, I go a fishing. They say to him, We also go with you. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.